Balancing minimalist writing platforms and full websites for content publishing

Lately I have been thinking about how people manage their content between simple writing platforms and full websites. On one hand platforms like write.as feel very clean and focused for writing but on the other hand having your own website gives more control and flexibility. I have been trying to figure this out myself while working on a small site of mine https://www.gazfull.com/ and also exploring simpler publishing tools

For those of you who write regularly how do you approach this Do you prefer keeping things minimal or do you combine both in some way.

Would really like to hear what has worked for you.